Titi Pinkillu

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Titi Pinkillu
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Titi Pinkillu
Location in Bolivia
Highest point
Elevation 4,529 m (14,859 ft) [1]
Coordinates 19°21′26″S65°33′27″W / 19.35722°S 65.55750°W / -19.35722; -65.55750 Coordinates: 19°21′26″S65°33′27″W / 19.35722°S 65.55750°W / -19.35722; -65.55750
Geography
Location Bolivia,
Potosí Department
Parent range Andes

Titi Pinkillu (Quechua titi lead, lead-colored, pinkillu a flute of the Andean region, [2] "lead-colored pinkillu", Hispanicized spelling Titi Pinquillo) is a 4,529-metre-high (14,859 ft) mountain in the Bolivian Andes. It is situated in the Potosí Department, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Tacobamba Municipality, near the border with the Tomás Frías Province, Potosí Municipality. Titi Pinkillu lies north-east of the lake Urqu Qucha. This is also where the Challwiri River, an affluent of the Pillku Mayu, originates. [1] [3]

Pinkillu

A pinkillu, pinkuyllu or pinqullu is a flute found throughout the Andes, used primarily in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. It is usually played with one hand, leaving the other one free to accompany oneself on a drum like the tinya. It is used in a variety of public festivals and other kinds of communal ceremonies.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Bolivia country in South America

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 Don Diego 6435-I
  2. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. "Potosí". INE, Bolivia. Retrieved October 12, 2014. (unnamed)